BTEC 2012

Unit 1 The Online World

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Lesson 3 - Online Communication

Starter What is an online community?
An online community is a virtual community whose members interact with each other
primarily via the internet
1. Match the following information exchanges to their correct descriptions.

Web logs
(blogs)

Microblogging
sites

Wikis

Chatrooms

These are sites which allows users to create and exchange

really short text entries. A popular example of this type of
site is Twitter.
These are websites that provide information that visitors
to the site can extend and edit. They allow users to share
information and are useful for research. The best-known
example of a wiki is Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia
that can be updated by contributors.
These are frequently updated online journals with diarylike entries which allow people to express their thoughts
and feelings and give details of their daily activities.
Typically, a blog includes text, photos and sometimes
video.
Online communication within communities is sometimes
referred to as chat. Some of the large interactive
communities where people take part in the same
conversation or type of chat at the same time are known
as chatrooms.

2. Research and write a short description for each of the following key terms:

Electronic mail (e-mail)

Messages disrupted from an electronic device to one or more recipients
Instant messaging (chat)
A message sent from an electronic device across the internet directly to one or more recipient.
Newsgroup
A newsgroup is a forum on the internet which discusses topics on the news.
Social networking
The use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users, or to find people
with similar interests to ones one.
Conferencing

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Blogs

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Vlogs / Podcast

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3. From discovering various online communications that are used online, what do you use?

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4. What are the implications of online communication? Think about the positive and negative
aspects.
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5. What are the client and server roles required to support instant messaging?

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6. What does VoIP stand for?

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7. What does VoIP do?
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8. What are the limitations of VoIP?

9. What are the benefits of VoIP?

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Unit 1 The Online World

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Plenary
1. Give 3 example of social media used online?
2. What does netiquette mean?
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